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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 1h

I'd have a smidgen more sympathy for people like this if they could muster just a little bit of self awareness...

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 1h

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 1h

Sorry still laughing at the tragedy of having to say no to the 4k Nepal trip.

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 2h

I know Badenoch has given up on them anyway, but I do think this kind of statement, the tone, is the kind of stuff that really turns off those middle of the road tories that I know who care about good government, sound money and the like. It's just a bit....childish.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 4h

Interesting.

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 4h

I very rarely use it and when I do it's for specific pages related to my interests and that's it

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 15h

No idea if my friends are going mental on there - I got rid of all connections on there and insta a while ago. Made the decision to use social media differently - just for hobby pages etc - and I'm not regretting that decision.

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 15h

Went on Facebook to nosey at a couple of boating pages, so I thought I'd look at my feed which is just an endless stream of conspiracy theories,desperate clickbait from newspaper sites, scroll after scroll of complete bullshit mixed with cat pics. Just insane stuff.

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 19h

Your average voter thinks most MPs are lining their own pockets - better line of attack on money is how he earns it. Going over to the US and slagging off his country for cold hard cash for a start.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19h

And yet he claims to understand the struggles of working people...

https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nigel-farage-now-earns-over-1-million-from-12-second-jobs/

Nigel Farage now earns over £1 million from his 12 ‘second jobs’

The Reform leader has raked in a further £189,000 from side jobs since May this year

leftfootforward.org

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 1d

I guess the two dead Jews a couple of weeks ago has concentrated minds here

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

BBC asking Bridget Phillipson at length about rising antisemitism in the UK (which actually fell last year according to new figures, albeit still very high) but not at all about rising Islamophobia, which is up by 19% year-on-year

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah they are which is why the government should be on the Beebs case! I don't understand why they aren't going for them big time.

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 1d

Not to be a grandad about this, but this is why I just *can't be arsed * using apps for meeting people. If you're just looking for a shag then maybe, but otherwise, go out and meet someone.

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 1d

Also, it was baked in that Labour were going to be deeply unpopular after they had won. My issue is they are unpopular for the *wrong reasons*. Self-inflicted wounds and timidity with the media, especially the Beeb. But don't fool yourself there was a 'popular' way to deal with that inheritance.

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 1d

I think broadcasters will still do their job in a GE campaign. Farage doesn't respond well to scrutiny. Is Farage the kind of guy you're willing to take a punt on if you're 'undecided' or not sure? Don't think he is.

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely right not to be complacent if you're in Labour, but this is the point. Polls tell us *nothing* about what will happen in 4 years' time. Pollsters don't pretend they do. I still genuinely believe those most likely outcome is a labour/minority Labour/lib dem government.

James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 1d

It's almost exactly four years since Tim Shipman's notorious "Boris Johnson squats like a giant toad" tweet.

Seems like important context given how we often talk as though the next election – four years away – is a done deal.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

this is sociopathic behaviour and I think we need to treat it as such! just because something has become easy to do doesn't mean it has become less creepy, or more acceptable!

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 1d

Two weeks after Heaton Park and we're already in "yeah but antisemitism is actually declining" territory.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

BBC asking Bridget Phillipson at length about rising antisemitism in the UK (which actually fell last year according to new figures, albeit still very high) but not at all about rising Islamophobia, which is up by 19% year-on-year

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 1d

😱 lol

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 1d

I like people watching, but she's scary lol

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 1d

Working in Glasgow so done a spoons for dinner and I keep catching the eye of a scary looking older woman with her husband and it's unclear at this stage if we'll end up chatting or she'll drag me outside and beat the shit out of me. Maybe both 🤷‍♂️

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 1d

Don't support the death penalty, but there are some cases where that belief is tested to the limits, and this piece of filth was one of them.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 1d

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies after attack in prison

Paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in prison.

news.sky.com

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 2d

Then maybe now would be a good time to clarify your position on the UK's commitment to NATO and its allies.

In particular, whether you still support collective security as currently envisaged by Article V.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 1d

Margaret Thatcher recognised the need to provide asylum for refugees, as well as the need to distinguish them from immigrants. No hope of that from her successors, of course.

Ian Gow MP (Thatcher's PPS) to Tony Marlow MP 23 August 1979:

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 2d

Turns out that a platform which incentivises the mad and the bad has limited appeal to those who are neither.

Sue @suescishaw.bsky.social · 2d

You're all missed over at X..

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 2d

One of the big strategic choices I discussed in this week's post on Labour's budget options.

samf.substack.com/p/staying-al...

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